Paul Pierce, the Captain, and the Truth, hit a game-winning buzzer beater with less than a second left to give the Celtics a 118-116 win.

Pierce scored a team-high 32 points on 10-18 shooting, while pulling down 10 boards. KG also recorded a double-double with 20 points and 13 boards, and the third amigo, Ray Allen, netted 26 points, 10 coming in the final frame. Rajon Rondo quietly added 10 points and 14 assists.

First year Knicks, Amare Stoudemire and Raymond Felton both played top-notch basketball. STAT dropped 39 and 10, while Felton added 26 points and 14 dimes. To note, Boston made all 21 of it's foul shots, while New York missed 5-26 of it's attempts from the charity stripe.

STAT led the Knicks to a 32-24 lead after 12 minutes, scoring his team's first 7 points of the game. Stoudemire continued his domination, and finished with 23 points and 6 rebounds at the break. New York took a 58-51 lead into halftime. The two teams battled through the 3rd quarter and into the final frame.
Though Boston tied the game many times, they were unable to take the lead until Ray Allen drained a three-pointer from the corner with 1:02 left in regulation. Gallinari converted on a conventional three-point play, though the foul call was questionable.

Then, Paul Pierce drained a step back jumper in Stoudemire's face in the final seconds. STAT did hit a three-pointer after that, but it was released tenths of a second after time expired and Boston prevailed with a 118-116 victory.

The C's return to action tomorrow night, when the Hawks come to Beantown. Tipoff is at 8 PM ET.

WHAT A SHOT! Damn that was sweet. Tommy made one comment that was particularly good near the end of the game, "The Knicks are playing as well as they possibly can, but the Celtics are not." The Celtics really are the better team. But man every Knicks game seems to be so close.

I also liked Pierce's quote basically throwing the rivalry stuff back at the broadcasters who were trying to create it. Something about how their rivalries seem to be against whichever team happens to be on a win streak.

I was at the game and just walked across town to the east side and reveled in the win. The building was as electric tonight as it once was in the 1990's and watching our guys hang in, absorb the runs, the 3's and being short handed up front find a way. When there is a will there is always a way for this team. I have plenty of material from tonight, both positive and negative about the performance but I need to take a deep breath, what a great game.

Raymond Felton is a bull. He's like the point guard version of Carmelo Anthony because he's just too big and he can get whatever he wants on offense and he's finally getting a chance to show how skill of a guard he really is.